Leading Libraries Series: Leading for Innovation
Inquiry and reflection
Resource list
Web accessible articles
If you need further inspiration about researching your innovation challenge, try reading this great summary about social innovation approaches from the Young Foundation. Their easy-to-read report is full of great case studies, based in, and
led by local communities – 'Doing Social Innovation – A guide for practitioners' by Julie Simon, Jeremy Millard,
John René Keller Lauritzen, Gwendolyn Carpenter, Gudrun Schimpf and Przemysław Leszek
A thought-provoking piece on how innovating in communities can be challenging – some pointers to take into the way that you plan your innovation challenge. 'Why is change so hard? Let's explore the human experience of transformation'. Written by the team at the Living Well programme – a group with real experience of community innovation approaches in the UK. The programme
uses many of the approaches we have described in this series.
An informative look at 'lived experience research' written for the the Social Research Association, a UK charity created to promote excellence in social research – 'Methods for lived experience research' by Kimberley Neve
A quick summary of qualitative research methods – 'What is qualitative research – methods and examples' from Pritha Bhandari for scribbr
A set of useful tips on conducting an effective user research interview 'How to unlock insightful conversation' from Maggie Zhang for the IDEOU
A brief blog on the importance of insights in the innovation process – 'Why generating insights is an important skill' from
Coe Leta Stafford and Jane Fulton Suri for IDEOU
Videos
If you are wondering how to engage colleagues in your innovation challenge, here's a great little animation on how some of the approaches here support collaborative efforts '7 Keys to Creative Collaboration' from John Spencer. You can send them the animation to get them intrigued!
A great little video on understanding 'lived experience' as part of social innovation and policy change – 'Activating Lived Experience to Create Social Change', a deeply
personal talk by Sunny Dhanley for TedX Wolverhampton
John Spencer on 'The surprising truth about inspiration' – an animation about all the ways that we can maximise our chances of finding insights in our innovation efforts
Recommended books
The designers introduction to the power of Design Thinking by one of the originators of the approach, Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO – 'Change by design – how design thinking transforms organisations and inspires innovation' Tim Brown and Barry Katz, New York, Harper Collins, 2009
For inspiration on how communities all over the world have used social innovation approaches to improve people's lives (plus a huge range of interesting inquiry approaches – 'The Open Book of Social Innovation', available as a free download from the Young Foundation, a UK based non-profit specialising in community research and social innovation. the Young Foundation
Module materials
Slide pack: Inquiry and reflection
Reflective exercises:
Templates
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